He added that the terror attacks carried out on Sept.1, 2001, were committed by fewer than 20 terrorists “out of maybe millions of immigrants in the United States. So it’s not about the number, it’s about the quality, it’s about the intentions.”

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Talk about incredible. Assad basically defended President Donald Trump’s position on refugees entering the country. He said without a doubt that terrorists are crossing our borders, yet our federal appeals court ruled that our country will remain open to immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Obviously, Assad is no friend of the United States, and a vast number of the refugees fleeing the Middle East have been uprooted by the civil war in his country, which has included massive atrocities committed by Assad’s own forces.

But even a ruthless dictator who’s fighting a war against the Islamic State group knows more about terrorist methods than the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.